The Three Emperors Product:Canvas A staircase leads to the

A staircase leads to the room above

while a flock of birds circles overhead

Dustman carrying a basket of refuse on his back

just as he had stoked the fires of the Civil War with his imposition of a blockade on Southern ports

The Three Emperors Product:Canvas A staircase leads to the'The Three Emperors', 1884. Prince Bismarck is the puppet master in this cartoon. The puppets are the Emperors of Austria, Germany and Russia who had met at Skiernievice in Russian Poland. The Emperors were, of course, accompanied by their respective Foreign Minister and the conclusion of the meeting was an agreement to maintain the present peace and conditions in Europe. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 20, 1884.